Wednesday, 

January 27, 2010 

Part II 

Department of 

Education 

34 CFR Subtitle B, Chapter II 

Race to the Top Fund; Final Rule and 

Notice 


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Subtitle B, Chapter II 

[Docket ID ED–2009–OESE–0006] 

RIN 1810–AB07 

Race to the Top Fund 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Final priorities, requirements, 

definitions, and selection criteria; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: On November 18, 2009, the 

Department of Education published a 

document in the Federal Register 

announcing final priorities, 

requirements, definitions, and selection 

criteria (‘‘Final Rule’’) for the Race to the 

Top Fund. Included as Appendix B to 

the November 18 Final Rule was the 

Scoring Rubric that the Department 

developed for the scoring of State 

applications submitted under this 

program. This document makes several 

corrections to Appendix B to the 

November 18 Final Rule. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 27, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Butler, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 3E108, Washington, DC 20202– 

6400. Telephone: (202) 205–37705 or by 

e-mail: racetothetop@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain this document in an accessible 

format (e.g., braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact listed in this 

section. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

Appendix B to the November 18 Final 

Rule (74 FR 59688) provided a scoring 

rubric containing a rubric and allocation 

of point values that peer reviewers will 

use to score applications from States 

under the Race to the Top Fund. 

Appendix B contained several errors 

that we are correcting in this notice. 

First, the chart on pages 59814 and 

59815 omitted certain maximum point 

values for the selection criteria. The 

corrected chart provided in this notice 

includes new rows for point values 6, 8, 

and 28. It does not change any of the 

previously published rows. 

Second, in several instances 

throughout Appendix B, in providing 

General Reviewer Guidance for certain 

of the selection criteria, we refer 

reviewers to application requirement (d) 

(Current Status and Evidence) when the 

reference should not have been 

included or the reference should have 

been to application requirement (e) 

(Plan for Use of Funds). 

Finally, there was an error in the 

‘‘Reviewer Guidance Specific to 

Criterion (F)(2)(iii)’’ on page 59825. We 

incorrectly stated both that ‘‘low’’ points 

would be awarded if a State does not 

have a charter school law and that no 

points are earned if the State has no 

charter school law. The reference to 

‘‘low’’ points being awarded if a State 

does not have a charter school law was 

incorrect. 

To correct these errors, the 

Department makes the following 

corrections to the November 12 Final 

Rule: 

1. On pages 59814 and 59815, the 

chart is removed and replaced with the 

following chart: 

Maximum point value 

Quality of applicant’s response 

Low Medium High 

45 ................................................................................................................................................. 0–12 13–33 34–45 

40 ................................................................................................................................................. 0–10 11–29 30–40 

35 ................................................................................................................................................. 0–9 10–25 26–35 

30 ................................................................................................................................................. 0–8 9–21 22–30 

28 ................................................................................................................................................. 0–8 9–20 21–28 

25 ................................................................................................................................................. 0–7 8–18 19–25 

21 ................................................................................................................................................. 0–5 6–15 16–21 

20 ................................................................................................................................................. 0–5 6–14 15–20 

15 ................................................................................................................................................. 0–4 5–10 11–15 

14 ................................................................................................................................................. 0–4 5–9 10–14 

10 ................................................................................................................................................. 0–2 3–7 8–10 

8 ................................................................................................................................................... 0–2 3–5 6–8 

7 ................................................................................................................................................... 0–2 3–4 5–7 

6 ................................................................................................................................................... 0–1 2–3 4–6 

5 ................................................................................................................................................... 0–1 2–3 4–5 

2. On page 59815, under the heading 

‘‘General Reviewer Guidance for (A)(1),’’ 

‘‘, and to the elements of a high-quality 

plan as set forth in application 

requirement (d)’’ is removed. 

3. On page 59816, under the heading 

‘‘General Reviewer Guidance for (A)(2),’’ 

‘‘application requirement (d)’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘application requirement 

(e)’’. 

4. On page 59819, under the heading 

‘‘General Reviewer Guidance for (B)(3),’’ 

‘‘application requirement (d)’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘application requirement 

(e)’’. 

5. On page 59819, under the heading 

‘‘General Reviewer Guidance for (C)(2),’’ 

‘‘application requirement (d)’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘application requirement 

(e)’’. 

6. On page 59820, under the heading 

‘‘General Reviewer Guidance for (C)(3),’’ 

‘‘application requirement (d)’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘application requirement 

(e)’’. 

7. On page 59821, under the heading 

‘‘General Reviewer Guidance for (D)(2),’’ 

‘‘application requirement (d)’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘application requirement 

(e)’’. 

8. On page 59822, under the heading 

‘‘General Reviewer Guidance for (D)(3),’’ 

‘‘application requirement (d)’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘application requirement 

(e)’’. 

9. On page 59822, under the heading 

‘‘General Reviewer Guidance for (D)(4),’’ 

‘‘application requirement (d)’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘application requirement 

(e)’’. 

10. On page 59822, under the heading 

‘‘General Reviewer Guidance for (D)(5),’’ 

‘‘application requirement (d)’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘application requirement 

(e)’’. 

11. On page 59823, under the heading 

‘‘General Reviewer Guidance for (E)(2),’’ 

‘‘application requirement (d)’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘application requirement 

(e)’’. 

12. On page 59825, under the heading 

‘‘Reviewer Guidance Specific to 

(F)(2)(iii),’’ the third bulleted sentence 


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that reads ‘‘ ‘Low’ points are earned if 

the per-pupil funding to charter school 

students is ≤79% of that which is 

provided to traditional public school 

students, or the State does not have a 

charter school law.’’ is removed and 

replaced with the following: 

‘‘Low’’ points are earned if the perpupil funding to charter school students 

is ≤79% of that which is provided to 

traditional public school students. 

Program Authority: The American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, 

Division A, Section 14006, Public Law 

111–5. 

Electronic Access to This Document 

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as all other Department of Education 

documents published in the Federal 

Register, in text or Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet 

at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/ 

news/fedregister/index.html. To use 

PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat 

Reader, which is available free at this 

site. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 84.395A) 

Dated: January 20, 2010. 

Thelma Mele ́ndez de Santa Ana, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1502 Filed 1–26–10; 8:45 am] 

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